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The State Lottery

TV Show Information

Genre:	Lottery

The State Lottery is the largest lottery in Springfield. Its slogan is The State Lottery, where everybody wins!. The actual odds of winning are 380 million to 1.

The State Lottery on TV

Springfield State Lottery drawings have always been televised live by Springfield's public service broadcaster, Channel 6. Kent Brockman announces the draw every week on the Channel 6 News' night-time news bulletin. The draw is aired live during the news.

Notable jackpots

Date	Jackpot	Winning Numbers	Winner	Notes
8 March 1992	$130,000,000	3-17-25-38-41-49	Kent Brockman	Ticket sales were massive all across Springfield. In fact, every copy of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery were sold out at the Springfield Public Library.
15 March 1992	$40,000	3-6-17-18-22-29	Marge Simpson	If it wasn't for the dog, she would have actually won.
	$50,000		Lenny Leonard	This ticket was originally going to be purchased by Homer, but because of Bart's idea of jumping of a shelf, Homer had to leave and this ticket was bought by Lenny.
	$1,000,000	1-6-17-22-24-35	Homer Simpson	Homer chose the number on his fortune cookie

Appearances

Episode – "Dog of Death"
Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble"
Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe"